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Canterbury, a Rare card
Canterbury is a city and UNESCO World Heritage Site in the Canterbury district, county of Kent, England, it was a county borough until 1974.
- Rarity
- Rare
- Domain
- Society
- ATK
- 85
- DEF
- 92
- Power
- 177
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 230,000
Power 177 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 90 % of WikiCards cards.
Canterbury quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Canterbury card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
Lying on the River Stour not far from its mouth on the ______ of Dover, the city has a mild oceanic climate.
Answer
Strait. Lying on the River Stour not far from its mouth on the Strait of Dover, the city has a mild oceanic climate. From the Canterbury article on Wikipedia.
In which decade?
Canterbury is a city and UNESCO World Heritage Site in the Canterbury district, county of Kent, England, it was a county borough until ____.
Answer
1970s. Canterbury is a city and UNESCO World Heritage Site in the Canterbury district, county of Kent, England, it was a county borough until 1974. From the Canterbury article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
List of counties in Texas. List of counties in Texas 97 · Canterbury 85 · Train 80 · Iblis 77 ATK in WikiCards.
In a duel, each round asks a question like these about the opposing card, with 15 seconds to answer.
The facts on the card
The card carries these facts from its Wikipedia article.
- Lying on the River Stour not far from its mouth on the Strait of Dover, the city has a mild oceanic climate.
- Canterbury is a popular tourist destination, with the city's economy heavily reliant upon tourism, alongside higher education and retail.
- As of 2021, the city had a population of 55,087 inhabitants, including a substantial number of students and one of the highest student-to-permanent-resident ratios in Britain.
Why it is Rare
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Canterbury article was read about 230,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 85 and blocks with 92: each hit it takes is cut by 37 %.
How to get Canterbury
Open packs. Each pack holds five cards drawn from real Wikipedia articles, the rarest last, and the fifth card is always Rare or better. The odds are shown in the game. A free pack arrives every hour and two can wait, and the Coins you win in duels buy more packs.
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Canterbury (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Antony McCallum: Who is the uploader, photographer, full copyright owner and proprietor of, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons.
